xv, 493 pages 21 cm

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 376-471)

From Solon to Socrates -- The early history of the Greeks -- The eighth century -- The great colonization -- The seventh century -- Creation of a state -- Towards social reform -- The state of the Ephors -- The aristocratic state -- The social crisis -- Solon: Seisachtheia and constitution -- Solon's legislation -- Tyrannis at Athens -- Cleisthenes -- The wider Greek scene -- The Ionian revolt and the motherland -- Marathon -- Between the wars -- The great war in east and west -- The war generation -- Growing imperialism -- Democracy and dualism -- The age of Pericles -- The western Greeks -- Prelude to war -- The Archidamian war -- Between peace and war -- The last act -- The birth of science -- The Sophists -- Political events -- The end of tragedy -- Thucydides -- Socrates

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